Social Security Benefits

Pamela Nash: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken was between an application being made and benefit paid for (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) jobseeker's allowance, (g) maternity benefits, (h) housing benefit, (i) council tax benefit and (j) pension credit in each year since May 2010 up to the most recent period for which figures are available.

Mark Hoban: The information regarding when a benefit is paid is not available as this will vary from claim to claim depending on circumstances, payment type and frequency of payment.
	The information that is available is the Average Actual Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average time taken between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.
	Please see the most recent AACT data in the following table:
	
		
			  Claims actual average clearance time (AACT) 2013-14 (May 2013) 
			 Attendance Allowance claims AACT 22.2 
			 Bereavement Benefit Claims AACT 16.6 
			 Carers Allowance claims AACT 11.78 
			 Disability Living Allowance claims AACT 28.0 
			 Employment and Support Allowance claims AACT 10.2 
			 Jobseekers Allowance claims AACT 9.3 
			 Maternity Allowance Claims AACT 5.8 
			 Pension Credit claims AACT 11.9 
		
	
	Housing benefit and council tax benefit are administered by local authorities and not the DWP. Processing statistics for these benefits can be found at:
	http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/sop/index.php?page=sop

Vacancies: Internet

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many vacancies for each occupation have been posted on Universal Jobmatch.

Mark Hoban: The information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			 Vacancies by employer sector, 19 November 2012 to 30 June 2013 
			 Employer sector Job vacancies 
			 Accounting and Auditing Services 8,141 
			 Advertising and PR Services 19,853 
			 Aerospace and Defence 2,848 
			 Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing 2,467 
			 A11 8,428 
			 Architectural and Design Services 700 
			 Automotive and Parts Mfg 1,017 
			 Automotive Sales and Repair Services 16,580 
			 Banking 3,019 
			 Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals 694 
			 Broadcasting, Music, and Film 1,014 
			 Business Services: Other 119,592 
			 Chemicals/Petro-Chemicals 757 
			 Computer Hardware 344 
			 Computer Software 1,226 
			 Computer/IT Services 4,688 
			 Construction: Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure 14,126 
			 Construction: Residential and Commercial/Office 29,839 
			 Education 50,111 
			 Electronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg 900 
			 Energy and Utilities 8,103 
			 Engineering Services 7,099 
			 Entertainment Venues and Theatres 1,501 
			 Financial Services 50,107 
			 Food and Beverage Production 26,469 
			 Government and Military 28,250 
			 Healthcare Services 110,975 
			 Hotels and Lodging 21,160 
			 Insurance 1,264 
			 Internet Services 1,605 
			 Legal Services 3,990 
			 Management Consulting Services 5,067 
			 Manufacturing: Other 15,813 
			 Marine Mfg and Services 180 
			 Medical Devices and Supplies 5,717 
			 Metals and Minerals 307 
			 Nonprofit Charitable Organisations 11,975 
			 Other/Not Classified 77,504 
			 Performing and Fine Arts 447 
			 Personal and Household Services 26,454 
			 Personal Care and Cosmetics 3,914 
			 Printing and Publishing 2,015 
			 Real Estate and Property Management 9,745 
			 Rental Services 3,325 
			 Restaurant/Food Services 24,126 
			 Retail 106,619 
			 Security and Surveillance 14,186 
			 Sports and Physical Recreation 11,523 
			 Staffing/Employment Agencies 1,464,762 
			 Telecommunications Services 4,832 
			 Textile and Clothing Manufacturing 1,233 
			 Transport and Storage: Materials 13,703 
			 Travel, Transportation and Tourism 5,765 
			 Waste Management 2,677 
			 Wholesale Trade/Import-Export 7,055 
			 Note: The end of the period date corresponds to the last day for which data is available.